Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-31526
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the gender balance is of its workforce, expressed in percentages.
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Question reference: S6W-31271
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on locum forensic pathologists in Aberdeen since April 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-31270
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on locum forensic pathologists nationally since April 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-31507
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much extra money it is currently due to spend on public sector pay in 2024-25 compared to what it forecast when it set out its 2024-25 Budget in December 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-31496
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many farms in Scotland are bigger than 200 acres (81 hectares).
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Question reference: S6W-31517
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Medication Assisted Treatment standards have been fully implemented.
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Question reference: S6W-31501
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many times section 45 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 has been used.
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Question reference: S6W-31272
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on locum forensic pathologists in Aberdeen in each year for the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-31528
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31099 by Neil Gray on 15 November 2024, how much of its £30 million investment in planned care was allocated to NHS Grampian to support additional orthopaedic activity at Woodend Hospital.
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Question reference: S6W-31512
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported complaint by Friends of the Earth Scotland regarding 27 alleged breaches of the Scottish Ministerial Code in relation to proposals for a gas-fired power plant at Peterhead.
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